Sunday, July 25, 2010

Isaiah 17-20: The Mystery of Prophecy

For we know in part and we prophesy in part, - 1 Cor. 13:9 NIV

What did Isaiah see, what was he prophesying about?  Did he understand it all, or did he write it down by faith, knowing, as the Apostle Paul did, that although the mystery of God and his intentions remains steadfast through the generations, the full knowledge of God's plan remains His alone.

All you people of the world,
you who live on the earth,
when a banner is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet sounds,
you will hear it
This is what the LORD says to me:
"I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."  - Is. 18:3-4 NIV

When the trumpet sounds and the banner is raised, we will know, we will hear, but until then we walk by faith.

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